Copy of a plan of Stonehenge showing the angles at which the sun rises and sets at certain times

Date:
1 Jul 1921
Location:
Stonehenge, Amesbury, Stonehenge Down, Wiltshire
Reference:
MP/STO0075
Type:
Measured Drawing
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Description

Shows various calculations for radii around the henge. Shows angles for sunrise and sunset at the Equinox, Midsummer and Midwinter, calculated in relation to the temple axis.

Content

This is part of the Volume: PF/STO Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire; within the Series: EHC01/022 English Heritage Plans And Measured Drawings; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

Keywords

Early Bronze Age Stone Circle, Neolithic Henge